Una mosca parassita, le cui larve si nutrono di carne viva, è stata confermata nel bestiame nel sud del Texas, anni dopo che nel Paese era stata dichiarata debellata.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed that the New World screwworm fly has arrived in south Texas

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed that the New World screwworm fly has arrived in south Texas

A case of flesh-eating New World screwworm has been detected in South Texas, the US Department of Agriculture said Wednesday. It is the first time this parasitic fly – whose…

The USDA said the only animal affected was a 3-week-old calf in Zavala County, Texas, after larvae were identified in its umbilical area.

Cochliomyia hominivorax, the New World screw-worm fly, or screw-worm for short, is a species of parasitic fly that is well known for the way in which its larvae (maggots) eat the…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that it suspects that the the New World screwworm fly has arrived in south Texas.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that it suspects that the the New World screwworm fly has arrived in south Texas.

With the case confirmed, it is the fly's first breach of the US-Mexico border.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the case was in a 3-week-old calf in LaPryor, Texas, about 50 miles from the Mexico border

The case of New World screwworm was confirmed in a 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said late Wednesday.

A flesh-eating parasite that feeds on warm-blooded animals has been detected in the United States for the first time since 1966, exposing the nation's cattle herd to a serious new…

A parasitic fly whose larvae feasts on living flesh has been confirmed in cattle in south Texas, years after it was deemed eradicated in the country.

Una mosca parassita, le cui larve si nutrono di carne viva, è stata confermata nel bestiame nel sud del Texas, anni dopo che nel Paese era stata dichiarata debellata.

The pest was largely eradicated in the United States in the 1960s.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said USDA officials detected a screwworm on a three-week-old calf in Texas, near the Mexican border.

The US Department of Agriculture says New World screwworm has been detected in a Texas calf.

" ... 3-week-old bovine in Zavala County, Texas."

This marks the first case of the New World screwworm in U.S. livestock since the parasite was eliminated in the country in the 1960s

The New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry for the first time in more than a half century.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said there have been no other detections of the fly in the U.S., and officials were quick to say that while the fly’s larvae are a threat to…